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  1. top three readsCommentsHarvey-Waroona Reporter - top three reads this week

  2. Claims investigatedCommentsPremiumCommission investigating aged-care claims

  3. Heal and ConnectCommentsPremiumKaartdijin Bidee walk to heal and connect

  4. FootballPremiumBulls take it to the Lions

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woman locatedMissing woman, 68, found alive in bushland

Missing 68-year-old Anna Johnson has been found alive in thick bushland by State Emergency Service workers this morning.

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Closing the gapCommentsPremiumSurf Life Saving program closes age gap and wins award

Binningup SLSC was the first to implement the program in WA, it aims to close the age gap in Surf Life Saving Club members and promote beach safety through physical, social and water-based activities.

Kasper Johansen

medication de-prioritisedCommentsPremiumMedication delivery changes to aged care residents

The previous arrangement saw medications delivered to the facility six times a week, now a new pharmacy arrangement is in place, where residents’ medications are delivered only three times a week.

Jacinta Cantatore

Harvey gets hypnotisedCommentsPremiumHale’s hypnosis with a party vibe

The hour-long mind-bending show offers the audience a modern brand of “hypno-laughs”, taking the old-school mystery out of hypnosis with a guarantee of “no swinging watches or chicken dances.”

Kasper Johansen

Life of O’BrienCommentsPremium1920’s war veteran laid to rest at last

In May 1920 John Joseph O’Brien decided to take the long 11km walk home to Benger, the following morning his body was found, now the WWI veteran is set to be immortalised by a memorial in Harvey.

Kasper Johansen

OpinionOur loved ones are not just numbers

According to the Royal Commission, the average length of time a person spends in residential aged care before their death is two years and six months.

Jacinta Cantatore

top three readsCommentsCommentsHarvey-Waroona Reporter - top three reads this week

In this weeks Harvey-Waroona Reporter, Hocart Lodge is currently being investigated, thousands of regional kids have been left disappointed and Peel residents are again masking up.

medication de-prioritisedCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumMedication delivery changes to aged care residents

The previous arrangement saw medications delivered to the facility six times a week, now a new pharmacy arrangement is in place, where residents’ medications are delivered only three times a week.

Claims investigatedCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumCommission investigating aged-care claims

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is investigating claims made against the aged-care centre, after a community forum was held by family members of past and current residents of the facility.

FootballPremiumBulls take it to the Lions

Harvey Bulls have continued building momentum towards another finals campaign after recording a 13.11 (89) to 0.1 (1) victory over Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault at Brunswick Oval on Saturday.

Carly Laden

Heal and ConnectCommentsPremiumKaartdijin Bidee walk to heal and connect

Noongar elder Lesley Ugle will be taking Harvey residents on a healing cultural journey with her daughter and her cousin along the Noongar Kaartdijin Bidee trail.

Kasper Johansen

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30-year mysteryPremiumClaremont killer ‘not linked to Perth teen’s murder’

Detectives have launched a fresh public appeal for information into the 1991 murder of Kerry Turner, amid confirmation a major ‘forensic review’ was carried out into the case several years ago.

Phil Hickey

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WA Police rocked by suicide tragedies

WA Police has been plunged into mourning after two serving officers — including a sergeant who ran his own station — took their own lives in the past fortnight.

Phil Hickey and Brianna Dugan

FULL LISTPremiumAll 842 members of Perth’s The Weld Club revealed

The club is famously private, but today The West Australian can for the first time reveal the names of all its 842 members.

Rhianna Mitchell

Regional News

Brutal violencePremiumPrison sentence over savage attack on Kal taxi driver

A man who punched a Kalgoorlie-Boulder taxi driver before stealing his vehicle and narrowly avoiding a collision with a police car has been jailed for 18 months, but could be out within weeks.

Tegan Guthrie

Dramatic crashCommentsPajero and caravan flip on Brand Highway

A Pajero and caravan have flipped on the Brand Highway near Jurien Bay, with the driver being taken to hospital and holidaymakers being forced to wait while emergency services cleared the scene.

Daryna Zadvirna

Electrical faultCommentsPremiumBus blaze victim: ‘I can’t even cry anymore, I’m numb’

A family of seven whose bus was engulfed by flames at a popular Pilbara camp site have thanked those who tried to help fight the blaze, while revealing their devastation over the loss of their home.

Sam Jones

Fatal crashTeenager killed in fiery crash in Great Southern

It is the 16th fatal crash in the Great Southern region this year.

anxious waitPremiumPremiumTourism providers hold their breath over Perth lockdown

Perth holidaymakers are cancelling their bookings across the Mid West as they grapple with a snap lockdown on the edge of the July school holidays.

Esperance fireCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumEsperance man who lit up lunch bar has bail renewed

A 22-year-old man who admitted to setting fire to an Esperance lunch bar just days after Christmas has had his bail extended.

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Out of controlPremium‘It’s about to explode’: Perth party turns violent

A new dad has described the terrifying moment he barricaded himself inside his neighbour’s AirBnB after a post-lockdown school party — which required the police chopper to shut it down — turned wild.

Sarah Steger

As it happensVideoLIVE: Cook delivers latest on WA’s COVID battle

Health Minister Roger Cook will speak on the State’s ongoing fight managing the coronavirus pandemic.

Sickening attackMan in his 80s bashed over moped in Perth’s south

Detectives are on the hunt for three teenagers after an elderly man was brutally bashed in Greenfields yesterday.

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Voluntary assisted dyingCommentsPremium
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CommentsPremiumDeath is never ideal — but it is now more predictable

My ideal last day involves catching a 20kg pink snapper and watching my two live-in carers — the granddaughters of Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer — prepare it for dinner. But that seems unlikely.

Road toll tragediesPremiumPremiumEight lose lives during horror week on WA roads

Eight people, including two teenagers, have been killed in the past five days on WA’s roads, with the State recording 87 traffic deaths in 2021 — almost one death every other day for six months.

Consumer choiceCommentsPremiumREIWA calls for WA stamp duty overhaul

There’s a new push for a radical revamp of the State’s stamp duty system, which annually nets the Government millions but is a substantial impost to buying a home. Here’s how REIWA says it could work.

Joe Spagnolo